BGIS 2006 Temple Data version 1.1

GIS Dataaset README

Project Name: BGIS (Buddhism Geographical Information System)

Investigator:  Jiang Wu (University of Arizona)

FULL DESCRIPTION README FILE:  README_BGIS_2006_Temple_Data_version 1.1.doc

Citation:  
BGIS 2006 Temple Data Version 1.1. Edited by Jiang Wu. Tucson: The University of Arizona, 2012. Source data from Gui Weibing  (ed.) Zhongguo Fojiao siyuan minglu 2006  (2006). Hong Kong: Zhonghua fojiao chubanshe, 2006. Distributed thorough BGIS, CHGIS, ECAI.

Publication Date:  March 2012

GIS Editor:  Lex Berman

Notes on GIS Dataset:

1.  Some missing coordinates were added, and others adjusted so that parent county units and Guobiao codes could be spatially joined.

2.  Guobiao codes were joined from the NFGIS dataset (with County level units current to the GB/T 2260-1999 standard tables). 
http://nfgis.nsdi.gov.cn/

3.  The original columns have been slightly reorganized and renamed as follows:

BGIS_ID    =   Unique ID for each object in the BGIS dataset
NM_END     =   English (Pinyin) Name of each Buddhist organization or location
NM_HZ      =   Chinese Name of each Buddhist organization or location
TYPE_ENG   =   Feature Type in English [*see feature types list below]
TYPE_HZ    =   Feature Type in Chinese 
PROV_PY    =   Province Name in Pinyin as entered by BGIS editors
PROV_HZ    =   Province Name in Chinese as entered by BGIS editors
CITY_ENG   =   City or District Name in Pinyin as entered by BGIS editors
CITY_HZ    =   City or District Name in Chinese as entered by BGIS editors
CNTY_ENG   =   County Name in Pinyin as entered by BGIS editors
CNTY_HZ    =   County Name in Chinese as entered by BGIS editors
TWN_ENG    =   Town Name in Pinyin as entered by BGIS editors
TWN_HZ     =   Town Name in Chinese as entered by BGIS editors
VILL_ENG   =   Village Name in Pinyin as entered by BGIS editors
VILL_HZ    =   Village Name in Chinese as entered by BGIS editors
STR_ENG    =   Street Name in Pinyin as entered by BGIS editors
STR_HZ     =   Street Name in Chinese as entered by BGIS editors
NBR_ENG    =   Neighborhood Name in Pinyin as entered by BGIS editors
NBR_HZ     =   Neighborhood Name in Chinese as entered by BGIS editors
SUBD_ENG   =   Subdivision or site Name in Pinyin as entered by BGIS editors
SUBD_HZ    =   Subdivision or site Name in Chinese as entered by BGIS editors
STR_ENG    =   Street Name in Pinyin as entered by BGIS editors
STR_HZ     =   Street Name in Chinese as entered by BGIS editors
BLDG_MTN_ENG    =   Building or Mountain Name in Pinyin as entered by BGIS editors
BLDG_MTN_HZ     =   Building or Mountain Name in Chinese as entered by BGIS editors
HILL_ENG    =   Hill Name in Pinyin as entered by BGIS editors
HILL_HZ     =   Hill Name in Chinese as entered by BGIS editors
DETAIL_ENG  =   Other details about specific site in Pinyin as entered by BGIS editors
DETAIL_HZ   =   Other details about specific site in Chinese as entered by BGIS editors
POSTCODE    =   Postcode
YEAR_START  =   Founding date (if known)
YEAR_END    =   Dissolution date (if known)
SRC_HZ      =   Name of Chinese Source
LAT         =   Latitude in decimal degrees North
LONG        =   Longitude in decimal degrees East
VERSION     =   Version of the dataset

4.  The joined columns from NFGIS are at the end of the attribute table:

GB_PRV_99 =  2 digit Guobiao Province level code (GB/T 2260-1999)
A1_PY_99  =  ADM1 Province level Admin Unit Name in Pinyin
A2_PY_99  =  ADM2 District level Admin Unit Name in Pinyin (or alternate spelling for ADM1, in some cases)
A3_PY_99  =  ADM3 County level Admin Unit Name in Pinyin
A3_HZ_99  =  ADM3 County level Admin Unit Name in Chinese Characters
GB_CTY_99 =  6 digit Guobiao County level code (GB/T 2260-1999)

5.   Feature Types List, with total count of each category in current dataset

TYPE_ENG	COUNT
Activity Point	3
association	755
cave	74
chapel	1496
hall	184
house	542
monastery	13747
others	1433
Shrine	7
temple	514
unknown	161
[no type]	22

6.   Chinese Characters are encoded in Chinese GBK 
